Issue Date: 22nd December 2023
In the first 5 hours of National Slow Down day, GoSafe checked the speed of 28,569 vehicles and detected 120 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds include:
• 119km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N4 Ballydowd Lucan Dublin
• 83km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Dublin Road Cavan Cavan
• 78km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N4 Drishoge Carrick-On-Shannon Roscommon
• 130km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Greatdown The Downs Westmeath
• 76km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N25 Grahormack Tagoat Wexford
• 125km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the M50 Tymon North Dublin24 Dublin
• 149km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 An Carn Mór Thiar Órán Mór Gaillimh
• 61km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Cork Street Dublin8 Dublin
• 73km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Clones Road Monaghan Monaghan
• 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Teevickmoy Stranorlar Donegal
• 145km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M8 Ballinglanna North Kilworth Cork
• 59km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Main Street Williamstown Galway
• 141km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M9 Coolmore Knocktopher Kilkenny
• 117km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the M8 Dunkettle Glanmire Cork
• 93km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R327 Pollanalty East Cloonfad Roscommon
• 69km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N15 Mullandrait Stranorlar Donegal
• 88km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R513 Ballynamona Hospital Limerick
• 129km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M18 Ballyconneely Newmarket On Fergus Clare
• 129km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M1 Kilsharvan Bellewstown Meath
• 80km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R458 Caherpeak East Kilcolgan Galway
An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to drivers to comply with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
Further updates will follow.
